Nevermind, answered my own question by doing some research online (my second post shows the answers). I'll leave it up though for anyone interested in duck behaviours...
If you notice my mallard hen is snaking her neck down and going a machine gun type clucking at the same time if the other ducks get close to her she'll nip them (not meanly just dominantly). I don't know if this thing she does is all a dominance display or maybe even showing a readiness to mate. She's only started it just reciently when her and her mate moulted into their adult feathers.
And Chuy, my mallard drake, watch about in the middle of the video and listen closely. He poofs up his head and neck feathers, stands up in the water bends his head down and peeps like a baby duck then does a low growl. I think i had read about someone else on here noticing their drake doing this. was curious if this is a courting or dominance display? He does it to me and to the other ducks if he's close enough to them. If he's by himself he does not do it. He does it at :32
Heres a picture of him doing it in the grass:
If you notice my mallard hen is snaking her neck down and going a machine gun type clucking at the same time if the other ducks get close to her she'll nip them (not meanly just dominantly). I don't know if this thing she does is all a dominance display or maybe even showing a readiness to mate. She's only started it just reciently when her and her mate moulted into their adult feathers.
And Chuy, my mallard drake, watch about in the middle of the video and listen closely. He poofs up his head and neck feathers, stands up in the water bends his head down and peeps like a baby duck then does a low growl. I think i had read about someone else on here noticing their drake doing this. was curious if this is a courting or dominance display? He does it to me and to the other ducks if he's close enough to them. If he's by himself he does not do it. He does it at :32
Heres a picture of him doing it in the grass:
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